Dhaka North City Corporation
DNCC teams up with Young Bangla to make masses embrace masks
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has teamed up with Young Bangla, a youth volunteering platform, launching a mass-masking campaign to help increase proper mask-wearing in Dhaka significantly and reduce Covid-19 transmission saving thousands of lives.
The campaign, led by the city corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam, was brought forth in partnership with local and global organizations Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Yale University, Stanford Medical School, Centre for Research and Information (CRI), Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), and BD Clean.
Around 100 volunteers from Young Bangla, the youth secretariat of the ruling Awami League's research wing Centre for Research & Information (CRI), teamed up with the organizations to leverage the impact created by the life-saving initiative.
In the first design meeting of the campaign, the Mayor said, “We need to learn how to manage our lives to cope with the threat of Covid. Proper mask wearing is a critical part of that. This challenge needs broad partnership. I am very happy that we are forming a global partnership — the DNCC Mass Masking Campaign—to tackle this big challenge.”
The Mass Masking Campaign is based on a model called NORM (NORMalize mask-wearing model). Developed by Yale University, Stanford University, and IPA, in partnership with GreenVoice, a local NGO, NORM was rigorously researched using a large-scale randomized evaluation.
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The research was similar to vaccine trials, involving 350,000 people across 600 unions throughout Bangladesh for the last four months. NORM for rural Bangladesh includesfour components: distributing free masks, offering information on mask-wearing, reinforcing mask-wearing in-person and in public, and modeling and endorsement by trusted leaders.
Country's largest Covid-19 dedicated hospital opened in Dhaka
The country’s largest Covid-19 dedicated hospital with 1,000 beds was inaugurated at Dhaka North City Corporation's Mohakhali market on Sunday (April 18, 2021).
Health Minister Zahid Maleque opened the hospital as the chief guest in the morning.
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The demand for ICU beds is rising after the second wave of Coronavirus hit the country. He said the Covid-dedicated hospital was completed in 20 days at the directive of the prime minister.
The hospital has 212 ICU beds, 250 beds in high dependency units (HDUs), 438 Covid-19 isolation rooms and 50 emergency beds, the minister said.
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No trade license for buildings without fire safety: DNCC Mayor
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will not provide trade license or holding numbers to the buildings which will not install separate fire safety system from now on, declared Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam on Sunday.
The Mayor came up with the remarks while attending a virtual discussion programme organized by the Save the Children.
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More than 40 organisations are working to reduce risk factors and for disaster management in the capital which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan cities of the world, Atiqul said.
Stating that “Evidently necessity of cooperation between these organisations in risk management is undoubtedly great”, the mayor assured of providing necessary assistance as per the capability of DNCC.
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He also urged all to follow the 18-point health protocols issued by the government to contain the rapid spread of Coronavirus.
DNCC launches Covid-19 telemedicine service at 5 maternity centres Friday
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will launch Covid-19 telemedicine services from early Friday at its five maternity centres to provide 24/7 medical services and novel coronavirus-related information.
To provide twenty-four-hour service in each maternity centre, three doctors will be available on a rotation basis. The service will continue until further notice.
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The maternity centres are run under DNCC's Urban Primary Healthcare Services Delivery Project in Moghbazar, Mohammadpur, Mirpur-1, Pallabi, and Uttara.
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Councillors found occupying canals to lose post: DNCC Mayor
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam has warned that any councillor found guilty of occupying a canal, or committing any other crime, will lose their post.
DSCC gets down to work since taking charge of canals, culverts
Dhaka South City Corporation has shifted 57,000 tonnes of waste and soil from three canals and two box culverts in the last one month since taking charge of Dhaka canals, drainage from WASA, according to DSCC Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.
Separate sewage lines from water bodies within March: DNCC
Residential houses and other institutions under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area have been ordered to separate sewage lines from storm water drains, canals, lakes and other water bodies within March 31.
13 illegally occupied canals to be recovered: DNCC Mayor
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said illegally occupied parts of 13 canals, which are in the expanded wards of the DNCC, would be recovered.
Rupnagar canal to be connected with Turag River: DNCC mayor
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam on Wednesday said Rupnagar canal, located in the city's Mirpur area, will be connected with the Turag river.
LED lights in DNCC area a New Year's gift to the people: Mayor Atiqul
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Friday said the installation of LED lights in DNCC area is a "New Year's gift" for the residents.